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explore music and the reproduction of music in the home. We believe that the sound of music, unamplified, occurring in a real space is a philosophic absolute against which we may judge the performance of devices designed to reproduce music. Our goal is to provide the resources consumers need to judge how a component's sound either honors or departs from the music's truth, and to make sound purchasing decisions that maximize their experience of reproduced sound. Below is our
Issue 153, April/May2005 table of contents and editorial.

64 - Great-Sounding Classical LPs That
Aren't on HP's Superdisc List, Part One
With a little help from his friends, Jonathan Valin tells us about a bunch of terrific-sounding, lesser-known classical LPs.

90 - Cover Story
Gilmore Audio Model 2 Loudspeaker
Robert E. Greene listens to an ambitious new take on the
ribbon-cone hybrid.

24 - Bright Lights, Big City: A Report From the 2005 Consumer Electronics Show
Join our staff for a trip to Las Vegas, and peek at some very cool new gear.

94 - TAS Roundtable: The Resurgence of Vinyl
Music Direct's Josh Bizar and Musical Surroundings' Garth Leerer join TAS' Wayne Garcia and Jonathan Valin to discuss the remarkable popularity and staying power of the LP record. Robert Harley moderates.

176 - TAS Retrospective
Though it's still in production, Robert Harley considers the Linn Sondek CD12 CD Player to be a future classic.

102 - HP's Workshop
A plethora of goodies from our man in Sea Cliff: a horn-hybrid speaker from
Italy's Zingali; more on the VPI Super Scoutmaster — now the Plus; and another go at linestages
— this time from Burmester, Conrad-Johnson, Tom Evans Design, Herron, and Lector.